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Farming & the land, 1927

9,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Wheat and Chaff Fooling Satan

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

The housewife went down to the dining-room to see that all was in order. The door was open and she could see her little daughter, aged five, about to eat a plum…

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Wheat Depressed All Markets Cheaper

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 13

Summarised, yesterday's reports showed further depression in the overseas wheat markets. Private cable messages reported the overseas market depressed, with prices lower…

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"Scabby Mouth" Outbreak Among Sheep Healing Preparation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

"Scabby mouth" has been prevalent lately among young sheep in the Mudgee (N.S.W.) district, and commenting upon the outbreak of this…

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Upper Clarence Experiments with Sheep Satisfactory Results

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

Experiments were begun a little over two years ago for the purpose of testing the suitability of the conditions at Gorden Brook Station, on…

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Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co., Ltd

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 11

Commonwealth Wool and Produce Company, Limited, offered wools from the central tablelands, the north-west, and western districts, including: several well-known station brands…

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Wheat for New Zealand. Importation Necessary

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

The catlmated wheat yield in New Zealand this season is insufficient. for the needs of the Dominion, and it is estimated that 50,000-acres more…

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Wheat Grading Deterioration of White Wheats

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 17

Mr. T. J. T. Fitzpatrick, of Warre Warral, Old Junee, who has just returned from a trip abroad, in an article to the press, giving impressions…

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The Wheat World Market Still Inactive

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 16

No change was apparent in the local wheat market after the holidays. Buyers' limits were still on the basis of 4/9½ net for growers' lots at…

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Removing Wool Brands. The Chemists' Experiments

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 18

The Dunedin (N.Z.) chemist that discovered a method for removing for-branding and other stains from wool has conducted further…

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Artificial Silk Welcomed by Wool Trade

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 15

An article in a recent issue of-the 'Silk Journal" states that Rayon (artificial silk) is being welcomed in the wool trade, although its use by the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Tuesday, January 4th

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 11

The first of the New Year wool auctions was held in Sydney on Tuesday, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,693 hales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted…

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Thieves Are Busy Wheat, Flour, Furs, Cash

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 10

From [?] motor car in Park-street, city, thieves stole a fur worth £5, the property of Mrs. C. R. Moss. of Roseville-avenue. Roseville…

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Butter Industry. Marketing Satisfactory. Increased Duty Sought. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 9

A special meeting of the Clarence River District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held yesterday to discuss questions in the butter industry in view of what…

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The Wheat Market Decline of 1d. on

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 7

The decline in the oversea wheat market was reflected in Sydney on Wednesday, when buyers reduced their limits by 1d…

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Wool Sales. Topmaking Sorts 10,000 Bales Offered

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

The tenth series of wool sales was continued yesterday, when an aggregate offering of 10,007 bales was submitted by two selling companies…

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Rural Interests Wool Buoyant Vigorous Demand Hardening Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 10

Opening sales of the second half of the Sydney wool-selling season have been quite equal to anticipations. Although the recess was unusually short,…

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Superphosphate and Wheat Fertiliser Practice in Relation to Fallow

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 16

Experience has shown that there is only one fertiliser that wheat-growers in New South Wales need consider, and that is superphosphate…

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The State's Sheep-carrying Capacity. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

Sir,—Claiming a pastoral experience of many decades over a wide area of Australia, kindly permit me space for a few remarks touching the letters recently appeariug in…

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Agents' Reports Wool Position Sound. German and British Trade

The Land · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 15

Winchcombo, Carson, Ltd., report under date January 4th:—Indications give no cause for uneasiness regarding the course of coming wool sales. The…

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Wheat Harvest New South Wales Yield 51,300,000 BUSINESS

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

Approximately 51,3OO,O00-bush of wheat will be harvested in New South Wales this Season, according to figures supplied by the…

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